As it turned out, This past Tuesday was April Fools. As tempted as I was to pull a sneaky prank on you guys I had a feeling nobody would buy it. And since I believe nothing that anyone tells me on April 1, my post got postponed to today!
Today's questions:
Q: "What are you guys planning for your rehearsal dinner? Are there any activities that we should know about taking place on Friday August 15th?"
A: It sounds like a good number of guests are planning to arrive in Portland, or the surrounding areas on the Friday prior to our wedding. This is great! Maximize the fun, right?
Eric and I are not having a traditional rehearsal dinner due to the fact that we are not rehearsing. We like to wing it!
However, it was concluded that this small step off the beaten path should not stop us from rehearsing what we are actually best at, and what we plan to do with our married life (knock it off, not THAT!) *ahem* We are going to rehearse being AWESOME, duh.
At this time plans are coming together for a evening welcome party, to be held at Sebago Brewing which is right in Portland's Old Port. We will be there starting at 5:30 with appetizers to keep y'all fed and a cash bar (they have delicious craft beer!)
As I previously mentioned there is also a 4 mile road race taking place, literally, right next door. In order to gain admission to this welcome party event, you are required to sign up and complete this race.
*Kidding... I just wanted to hear you all protest!*
However, as we are all a funny bunch of athletes, non athletes, runners, walkers and things in between I have heard some good feedback on this. Some are even planning this as their "A" race for the year!
The good news? This race is a quickie, there is no pressure to run, we will provide cowbells for your spectating noise making pleasure, and once the sweaty runners run back to the pub the party will shift into high gear. (I know I will be returning sweatily and with no shame to party down!)
If you do want to run, walk, or something in between early sigh up is a must, as this race sells out.
Register here for the St Peter's 4 mile race
Q: "Why on EARTH do you guys have to incorporate a race into your wedding festivities? Can't you leave it alone for one damn DAY???? We don't like running! This sounds horrible!"
A: Some fun Eric & Sara wedding backstory: Eric and I met at a race. Our first date was supposed to be an easy 13 mile run around Portland's back bay (Eric wussed out, he was too scared I would disgrace him :-)) But after our non running first date we went on many, many runs together and still do! We both watched each other complete our first marathons and Eric proposed to me at the Boston marathon finish line. Since running is a big part of our lives we feel that this is a really fun way to incorporate it into our big day. We originally had considered having our actual wedding at the halfway point of a marathon and making everyone run to meet us there but we abandoned that idea when we realized that only about 3 people would come. :-) (wimps!)
Clearly, we don't expect everyone to want to run! (although then we could get matching t-shirts and make a big spectacle of ourselves...)
(and look at it this way, we could be incorporating horses into the wedding and if you think watching a race is a snooze fest then you have never seen a morning filled with Training Level Test 3 :-))
So that's it for this week. Glad and impressed to hear that people are booking up hotel rooms and getting pumped already- you guys are good at planning! And we are excited.
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